Question

Which statement best explains the legal basis for the right to privacy?
It was a new theory proposed by activist justices in the 1960s.
It developed gradually through legal precedents and Supreme Court rulings.
It is clearly named in the amendment forbidding search and seizure.
It evolved as protection from the invasive technologies of the twentieth century.

Answer 1

It developed gradually through legal precedents and Supreme Court rulings.

The Constitution doesn’t explicitly name a general “right to privacy”; instead courts (notably cases like Griswold v. Connecticut and Katz v. United States) have inferred privacy protections from various amendments (including the Fourth) and from constitutional interpretation over time.